If you’re thinking ahead to next year’s holiday travel season, either to score a bargain or because this year’s was particularly painful, Cyber Monday is a good time to score airfare deals. Here’s why you should keep an eye on Cyber Monday sales from your favorite airlines.

The holiday travel season upon us, which means dragging our bags out and packing for flights, trains, or road trips. Sure normal luggage gets the job done, but “smart” luggage can weigh itself, skip through TSA checkpoints, and warn you if it’s getting lost. I decided to give some a try.

Arming yourself with the facts is one way to deal with a fear of flying, but if it hasn’t helped, you’re boarding your flight or sitting in your seat, and you feel that familiar anxiety rising in your chest, try this meditative breathing exercise to relax a bit.

Luggage with spinner wheels can easily glide in any direction, making it super convenient to navigate crowded, cramped spaces. Unfortunately, spinner wheels are also pretty flimsy and prone to break. Here’s how you can salvage your bag and replace a busted wheel or two.

If you’re flying abroad for the holidays, you need your travel documents in ordernow, most importantly your passport. If you need to get a new passport, here’s why you shouldn’t waste your money on a courier service.

You likely don’t pay any attention to the wheels on your rolling luggage, but they’re probably the first things to break down from the wear and tear of constant travel. Whether you have new or old rolling luggage, you’ll make your luggage-hauling life a bit easier by simply switching to wheels that can stand a beating.

Most fears boil down to a lack of understanding, and in those situations knowledge really is power. If the thought of flying in a plane makes you anxious and break out in a cold sweat, these flying safety facts are your medicine to take before, during, and after your flight.

In-flight Wi-Fi is wonderful. The price to use it on the other hand, not so great. There are a few methods to get free access, but these two are relatively simple. The first requires only an iPhone. The second requires either a VPS or server you control. They both result in free, unlimited access for the whole flight.

Many of us don’t use our vacation time, and when we think about taking it, we’re often hamstrung by the all-important question of Where should I go? It’s a difficult question to answer, but one trick is to first find a deal that appeals to you to determine the destination, then go on your vacation.

This guide runs down a few examples of light, airport and plane-friendly clothes to wear whether you’re traveling from warm to cool climates, vice versa, or even across similarly warm and cool spots—but still want to dress appropriately for travel.

Year to year, the cheapest time to book holiday flights changes a little bit, but it is always in the fall. According to Hopper, now is the best time to buy your plane tickets to save for both Thanksgiving and Christmas travel.

If you need to get some work done on your next flight, or hate being crammed next to other passengers, having an empty seat next to you is great. Here’s how you can nab the perfect seat right at the gate.

In order for me to sleep while sitting upright, I tilt my neck to one side and just let it kind of hang there. Then I wonder why I’d wake up with neck pain. That’s all in the past, thanks to the Trtl Pillow, the best travel pillow I never knew I needed.

It’s easy enough to find the cheapest flight for your destination—there’s no shortage of tools to help you do that. The problem is, there’s usually a reason the flight is cheap: it’s a red eye, it’s a terrible airline, or there’s a long layover. Hopper’s latest update tells you when to buy the flight you actually want…

First class flights are usually crazy expensive, but there are some tips and tricks for scoring a cheap (or better yet, free) upgrade. If your flight is overbooked and you elect to take a different flight, for example, you can try to negotiate an upgrade, too.